I'm seeing the same problem on my new edgy install. Haven't tried removing flashplayer-nonfree yet. I'm attaching a crash report in case it helps.
** Attachment added: "Crash log while visiting nytimes.com" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4938205/_usr_lib_firefox_firefox-bin.1000.crash -- [edgy] firefox crashes with X error https://launchpad.net/bugs/63798 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs